Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Explore · Living in Provence · Villages Towns and Cities Insiders Tips for your Visit to Lovely Antibes May 4, 2021While living and working in dynamic Hong Kong, Tom and Paul were hooked and began visiting Antibes and Cote d’Azur. Leaving behind Asia’s intense lifestyle and demanding jobs in luxury hotel design (Tom) and financial markets (Paul), they moved to Antibes in 2012. It’s been a decade, and Antibes is a hometown they may never …Continue Reading
Explore · Jemma - French Lessons Côte d’Azur Homecoming for a Poodle August 8, 2016Contributor blog post by Jemma: “Just borrow a dog for a few hours,” a Toronto friend once told me as I contemplated future stories for this blog. It was a sure-fire way to dig more deeply here, as I do for this site (which – bonjour, New Subscribers! – aims to bring you a snapshot …Continue Reading
Explore · Jemma - French Lessons Photo Essay: Cote d’Azur by Sea (Part 1) August 27, 2015Contributor blog post by Jemma: Some of our most memorable summer days in the Côte d’Azur are spent looking back at it. Several years ago, in a feat approached with unusual seriousness, Philippe bagged his French motor boating license. My husband may have been running a Fortune 500 company at the time, with all its …Continue Reading
Explore · Jemma - French Lessons Grab Bag: Bizarre Summer in the Côte d’Azur September 13, 2016Contributor blog post by Jemma: It has been a bizarre summer. Security problems, and all their cultural complications, have meant that the Summer of 2016 in the Cote d’Azur has been more than a little off. Bookings and revenues have plunged 10-15% across the region since the Nice attacks in July. Significant but not disastrous,is …Continue Reading